Uber has obtained its largest fine up to now, with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issuing a €290 million ($324 million) penalty to the rideshare firm. The regulatory physique introduced it had issued the positive in response to Uber transferring the private information of European taxi drivers into the USA with out correctly safeguarding the knowledge. The criticism got here from France, however the case was moved to Holland, the place Uber’s EU headquarters are positioned.
The Dutch DPA discovered that Uber took account particulars, taxi licenses, location information, photographs, cost particulars, id paperwork and extra from European drivers and transferred them to servers at their US headquarters for over two years. Throughout this era, Uber did not use any switch instruments, a call the Dutch DPA has deemed triggered inadequate safety. “In Europe, the GDPR protects the basic rights of individuals, by requiring companies and governments to deal with private information with due care,” Dutch DPA chairman Aleid Wolfsen mentioned in an announcement. “Uber didn’t meet the necessities of the GDPR to make sure the extent of safety to the info with regard to transfers to the US. That may be very critical.”
The Dutch DPA has fined Uber twice earlier than, first imposing a €600,000 ($670,000) fine in 2018 after the corporate did not report a knowledge breach that occurred two years earlier inside a 72-hour timeframe. In 2023, the Dutch DPA fined Uber €10 million ($11.2 million) for not absolutely detailing its information retention durations (relating to details about European drivers) or the non-European nations the place it shares information. Uber objected to the latter positive and has made its intentions clear to struggle the €290 million.
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